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Items relative to the Tippecanoe Battle Ground etc.

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Genl Tipton enter land at Congress price a year >The sentence [illegible] through the [illegible] of Battle Groundit became necessary to purchase a section of land to securethe whole of the Battlefield. Genl Tipton was an ensign under the[crossed out the end of crossed out] command of Capt Spencer in the battle,[crossed out and end] He [this is part of the above line] purchased theland for the purpose of preserving it as a sacred and holy spot, andintended to have enclosed it and erected a monument to commemoratethe event of this important action.But the state being ambitious to possess it – and Govn. Noblewhen. I believe was instructed by the Legislatures to makeapplication to Senator Tipton and to assertain [ascertain] upon termshe would yield it to the state – Genl Tipton generaly [generally]conceded of to the state with the consideration that thethat a monument should be erected over the graves of the buried [crossed out and [illegible] graves of the [illegible] should be preserved end of crossed]an enclosure should be made and the timber shouldbe preserved.

At what period was the enclosure put there? The bones were collected in /28 and interred with the honors of war as an elegant address on that [illegible] occassion [occasion] was able by Mr. Harrison. The Indians after the battle disinterred the bodies, and for several years, bones of the fallen were scattered indiscriminately upon the field.

Two coffins – presented by the citizens one was covered with black cloth decorated with [illegible] nails – one of cherry plain.

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Genl Tipton enter land at Congress price a year >The sentence [illegible] through the [illegible] of Battle Groundit became necessary to purchase a section of land to securethe whole of the Battlefield. Genl Tipton was an ensign under the[crossed out the end of crossed out] command of Capt Spencer in the battle,[crossed out and end] He [this is part of the above line] purchased theland for the purpose of preserving it as a sacred and holy spot, andintended to have enclosed it and erected a monument to commemoratethe event of this important action.But the state being ambitious to possess it – and Govn. Noblewhen. I believe was instructed by the Legislatures to makeapplication to Senator Tipton and to assertain [ascertain] upon termshe would yield it to the state – Genl Tipton generaly [generally]conceded of to the state with the consideration that thethat a monument should be erected over the graves of the buried [crossed out and [illegible] graves of the [illegible] should be preserved end of crossed]an enclosure should be made and the timber shouldbe preserved.

At what period was the enclosure put there? The bones were collected in /28 and interred with the honors of war as an elegant address on that [illegible] occassion [occasion] was able by Mr. Harrison. The Indians after the battle disinterred the bodies, and for several years, bones of the fallen were scattered indiscriminately upon the field.

Two coffins – presented by the citizens one was covered with black cloth decorated with [illegible] nails – one of cherry plain.